Ja'Quinden Jackson (born September 12, 2001) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

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who will play for the

Arkansas Razorbacks The Arkansas Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the intercollegiate athletics teams representing the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville. The University of Arkansas student body voted to change the name of the school mascot (ori ...

. He previously played for the

Texas Longhorns The Texas Longhorns are the athletic teams representing the University of Texas at Austin. The teams are sometimes referred to as the Horns and take their name from Longhorn cattle that were an important part of the development of Texas, and a ...

and the

Utah Utes The Utah Utes are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City. The athletic department is named after the Ute tribe of Native Americans. The men's basketball team is known as the Runnin' ...

High school career

Jackson attended

Duncanville High School Duncanville High School is a secondary school located in Duncanville, Texas, United States, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The school is a part of Duncanville Independent School District. The school includes grades 9 through 12. The high school ...

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. He played

quarterback The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...

in high school. He committed to the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

to play college football.

College career

Jackson spent 2020 at Texas but did not play in any games. After the season, he entered the

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and transferred to the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

. In his first year at Utah, he played in three games as a backup to

Cameron Rising Cameron James Rising (born May 13, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Utah Utes. He was the First-Team All-Pac-12 quarterback in 2021. High school career Rising attended Newbury Park High School in Newbury Park, California. He com ...

, and had six rushes for 30 yards and a

touchdown A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone. In Ameri ...

. In 2022, Jackson moved to

. He finished the year with 531 yards on 78 carries with nine touchdowns. He took over as the starting running back in 2023. On December 27, 2023, Jackson announced that he would enter the transfer portal for the second time. On January 5, 2024, he announced that he would be transferring to

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External links

Texas Longhorns bioUtah Utes bio
2001 births Living people Players of American football from Dallas County, Texas Sportspeople from Duncanville, Texas American football running backs American football quarterbacks Duncanville High School alumni Texas Longhorns football players Utah Utes football players Arkansas Razorbacks football players {{runningback-2000s-stub